You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill.

Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.

If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either".

I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake

Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational.

I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought.

She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another.

Time is the only critic.

If you have to do it, you can do it.

If you can't write like New York, you have no business living in New York and making New York the locale of your stories.

That's all it takes, one drop of fear to curdle love into hate.

You Know love when you see it, hear it, and feel it." ~ Amunhotep El Bey

Even when we strive for perfection, life is nothing more than an attempt to achieve it through a series of greater or smaller imperfections.

My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too.

People who are using your product and putting up with all these issues, means that they are not actually the biggest problems.

Be yourself -- it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

Leaves like rusty tin for the desolate mind that has seen the end- the barest glimmerings. Leaves aswirl with gulls made wild by winter.

Requirements are for people who want to be unhappy. Because it’s your rules or the universe’s rules. The universe is going to win. Every time.

If you don't love all the Star Wars movies, you're not a true fan.

I think having a child can really change you if you're open to it.